Patents by Inventor James M. Verespej
James M. Verespej has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11400234Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
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Patent number: 10702663Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip E. Dowds
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Publication number: 20190255258Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2019Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
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Patent number: 10314985Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
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Patent number: 9925341Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.Inventors: Mark Christopher Doyle, Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej, Frederic P. Field
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Publication number: 20170065773Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
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Publication number: 20170028139Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2016Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip E. Dowds
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Patent number: 9526846Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2011Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej
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Patent number: 9498581Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip Dowds
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Patent number: 9248242Abstract: A safety device for a medicine cartridge comprising a body for receiving a cartridge, a guard for covering a used needle, a plunger to dispense medicine from the cartridge and a spring for activation of the guard. The trigger fingers of the guard are spaced to avoid or minimize contact with the spring flange during assembly to avoid trigger finger unseating. An elongated trigger finger head enables the device to activate for all known syringe and syringe plunger tolerances. The spring end coils have larger diameter than the inner coils to reduce the likelihood of the spring end coil end interfering with the cartridge subassembly. Syringe capture features are configured to retain a syringe having a small round or conventional cut flange in place during use and reduce the stress on the syringe flange during insertion while maintaining the ability to hold the syringe in place during use.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.Inventors: James M. Verespej, Ryan Schoonmaker, Philip Dowds, Frederic P. Field
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Publication number: 20150359974Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2012Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Mark Christopher Doyle, Philip E. Dowds, James M. Verespej, Frederic P. Field
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Patent number: 9044378Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.Inventors: James M. Verespej, Lars T. Westbye, Philip Dowds
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Patent number: 8821453Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: Mark Christopher Doyle, Philip E. Dowds, James M Verespej, Frederic P. Field
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Publication number: 20140039406Abstract: A safety device for a medicine cartridge comprising a body for receiving a cartridge, a guard for covering a used needle, a plunger to dispense medicine from the cartridge and a spring for activation of the guard. The trigger fingers of the guard are spaced to avoid or minimize contact with the spring flange during assembly to avoid trigger finger unseating. An elongated trigger finger head enables the device to activate for all known syringe and syringe plunger tolerances. The spring end coils have larger diameter than the inner coils to reduce the likelihood of the spring end coil end interfering with the cartridge subassembly. Syringe capture features are configured to retain a syringe having a small round or conventional cut flange in place during use and reduce the stress on the syringe flange during insertion while maintaining the ability to hold the syringe in place during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: SAFETY SYRINGES, INC.Inventors: James M. Verespej, Ryan Schoonmaker, Philip Dowds, Frederic P. Field
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Publication number: 20140025013Abstract: A device that is used in conjunction with a needle-based medication injection device (e.g. a prefilled syringe) that prevents needle stick injuries. The used needle is shielded by a needle guard that surrounds and extends beyond the needle tip. In a preferred embodiment, before the needle is inserted into the patient, the needle guard projects forward to substantially hide visibility of the needle for safety and to reduce patient anxiety.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2011Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: PHILIP E. DOWDS, James M. Verespej
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Publication number: 20130030376Abstract: A folding panel needle guard comprises front and rear panels coupled together at hinges, a collar attached to the front panels at hinges, a guard base element coupled to the rear panels at hinges, a hub and a spring to unfold and lock the front and rear panels in a co-linear needle shielded configuration. The folding panel needle guard is mountable to a needle or syringe assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: MARK CHRISTOPHER DOYLE, PHILIP E. DOWDS, JAMES M. VERESPEJ, FREDERIC P. FIELD
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Patent number: 8298193Abstract: A passive needle safety device for protecting the needle of an injection syringe after medication has been delivered to a patient comprising a body that can hold a syringe, a telescoping guard fitting over the body, and a spring deployed between the guard and body such that the guard is urged in an extend configuration distally relative to the body, the improvement comprising, trigger fingers for holding the guard and body together in an un-extended configuration against the force of the spring, and a plunger rod with a plunger head which pushes against the trigger fingers, the head having an angled surface that provides a lateral component of force to the trigger fingers to displace them from the latched configuration to an unlatched configuration.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: Frederic P. Field, Philip Dowds, James M. Verespej
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Publication number: 20120130349Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2012Publication date: May 24, 2012Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip Dowds
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Patent number: 8128613Abstract: The present disclosure describes a needle guard device or system that can be used with drugs requiring reconstitution. The needle guard is preferably a passive needle guard that can be used during reconstitution without activating the safety mechanism. Following administration of the medication, the needle guard shields a user from inadvertent needle sticks by extending a protective shield over the needle.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Safety Syringes, Inc.Inventors: James M. Verespej, Philip Dowds
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Patent number: D951718Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: CFS BRANDS, LLCInventor: James M. Verespej